Lee Raybould

Hi I removed my tank by pulling both seat as far forward as possible and removing the panel behind. The tank came through quite easily. Its the sierra injection model as a new one was easily sourced on ebay. My kits a 2B.

No unfortunately but they did send me loads of photos, some with measurements on. I'll dig them out later.

Hi I was in the same situation decided to get iva done first and then do the upgrade, but then the summer came and I decided to use the car and do it over winter. The upgrade parts are still in a box in the shed . I brought the full upgrade kit from kitspares and they were more than helpful with information and photos. Plan on doing it over the next month and will also take photos along the way. Good luck with your iva.

Yes will try that. That was one of the reasons I was going to try the waterless coolant, to apparently no expansion when using that. The oil is as it should be but yes a pressure test is important. Just need to research best way to do it.

Yes I have an electric fan fitted which I have bypassed the thermostat and put in a switch so I can work it manually. I recently lowered the fan so it was covering the whole core of the radiator but still have problems. I am getting small traces of black oil in the expansion bottle but no water in the oil if that makes sence. I have only been using the car since may as that's when it passed iva.

Hi guys Thinking of running my pinto powered robin hood on waterless coolant, any advice welcome before I take the plunge. It's a 2lt efi and running a tad hot when stationary,fine if I can keep it moving. TIA LEE

Grrrr. In the hands of royal mail now, let's hope I got it right.

Thanks. After a bit of research I believe they made them printable 2 years ago. Tried to request one and it just redirected to a print link.

This is brilliant thanks very much. Just the information I was looking for. It's now in the post recorded delivery.

Hi guys So the robin hood 2b passed the IVA monday morning, I am now racking my brains as to what forms to fill in for the regestration and tax. The doner car was a 1987 sierra and would like an age related plate so is it form v55/4 or v55/5 along with v627/1, Its proberly straight forward but ive read it that many times and getting conflicting information. Can you just print off the forms or do you have to apply for them by post .

Thanks everyone, today I stripped all the injectors out cleaned and replaced, checked the pressure regulator,that was working fine, the postman dropped and replacement ecu through the letter box at 9.30 so I put that on and hey presto it ran as I left it back in November. Still not 100% what it was so will see what it says tomorrow, again thanks everyone.

I must add I've renewed all plugs, leads, distributor, rotor arm and coil, all the basics getting frustrated now as it was running perfect and needs to be on the 29th as booked for iva.

Thanks will check all this out over weekend going to be busy.

I'm not sure. I suppose a way of checking that would be to remove the hose from the bottom is that correct. It sounds possible as all plugs are wetting up. Thanks for the advice I will check tomorrow.

Today I stripped down the injectors, when cracking the fuel line the bar was still pressurised does this mean the injectors are not stuck open. I've lost no water so maybe not a gasket, exhaust puffing white smoke when I can briefly get it to run and it smells very rich. I have ordered a second hand ecu and I have checked all injectors on a 12v supply. Anything else I've missed. Thanks for all your replies.

Yes and I ain't losing any water just smell of fuel

Yes the exhaust is very rich with white smoke when it runs temporarily. Air flow meter works.

Thanks How can I check this?

After any advice what so ever. so after taking the Robin Hood for IVA back in November I Decided to park her up in the garage until now and then do the remedial works ready for retest at the end of the month. When i parked her up she was running fine{excellent in fact). Now i cant get her to run at all, shes flooding as soon as fireing up, Ive removed plugs and dried up cylinders replaced plugs and fired up, ok for abour 15 seconds and then floods again. Ive checked timing, leads, plugs are fireing fine whilst out but put them back in and it floods up rightaway after a short run. what are peoples thoughts on the ECU packing up througe winter or can anyone point me in the right direction as to a sensorto check. Im totally baffled,

Thanks both that's definitely the answer

Robin hood 2b. Well after a quite pleasing IVA result this morning little minor fails. One of the failures was the front wheels touching the body whilst on full lock. Is there way I can shorten the lock on the steering rack to stop this happening. I don't really want to alter the cycle wings as they fit perfectly on the wheel. The other fails were wiring needs tidying and usual bits of trim. Oh and 2dbs over the noise limit. Not bad for first time.

sorry for late reply, ive sorted it thanks for the offer.

Thanks Craig much appreciated

hi there It would be a great help to me also if i could have a copy as im only a couple of months away from applying for the big day. Any idear how much it cost?.

Hi there Would anyone have a working rev counter for a 2lti sierra for sale.